Vapor-stove.



'G. E. SAVAGE E. A. GUTERMANN.

VAPOR STOVE.

APPLICATION mum 1mm 27,1908.

909,946. Patented Jan. 19,1909.

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GEORGE E. SAVAGE AND EDWARD A. GUTERMANN, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNORS TO MANNING, BOWMAN & COMPANY, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

VAPOR-STOVE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

Application filed. June 27, 1908. Serial No. 140,707.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE E. SAVAGE and EDWARD A. GUTERMANN, citizens of the United States, residing at Meriden, county of New Haven, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vapor-Stoves, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to improvements in vapor stoves, and is particularly concerned with the construction of the body thereof.

The object of the invention is to provide a stove of this character having a body portion formed of a single piece of sheet metal.

A further object is to provide a construction in which the parts may be easily and speedily assembled with the greatest economy in time and the means for securing the partstogether, while at the same time securing strength and rigidity of construction.

A preferred embodiment of our invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 shows a plan view of our improved stove. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1, the font support and a portion of the burner being removed.

In the construction here illustrated, the stove comprises the usual font support 1 and burner 2, the latter having supports 3 for the vessel to be heated. The body proper of the stove consists of a plate 4 of sheet material, having vessel supports 5 struck up therefrom. The center of the body is spun down to form a drip-pan 6, the side walls of which are apertured at 7 to afford requisite draft to the burner. The drip-pan 6 1s also adapted to perform the function of a primer for the burner, wherein a small quantity of the fuel fluid may be ignited to heat up the burner to generate therein the required fuel vapor.

Referring particularly to Fig. 2, the bottom of supporting plate 8 of the burner has formed integrally therewith, or attached thereto, a plurality of struts 9, here shown as three in number, having up-turned feet 10, which are screw-threaded to receive the fastening screws 11, by which the parts of the stove are secured together. As will be seen from an inspection of Fig. 2, the upper ends 12 of the stove legs 13 are interposed between the feet 10 of the struts 9 and the depending flange 14 of the body portion 1, whereby these three elements, namely, the

stove body, legs and struts may be secured together by the single fastening screws 11. By reason of the attachment of the radially extending struts 9 to the depending flange 14 of the stove body and to the legs 13, an extremely strong and rigid construction-is secured and the greatest economy in material and time in assembling is attained.

To facilitate insertion of the struts of the burner support through the aperture 7 and to form a recess-in the stove frame for the burner supply tube, said frame is cut away or slotted at 4 whereby the struts at the opposite side may be thrust through their respective apertures and the rear strut, or that to the left, as illustrated, may be dropped into place.

Vhile we have here shown a particular construction and arrangement of parts, it is evident that the same may be varied in detail without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.

hat we claim is:

1. In a vapor stove, a burner, a body portion consisting of a single piece of sheet metal having its center portion forced down to form an open drip pan and primer, the latter having draft apertures at its perimeter, said body having an integral vesselsupporting portion having its perimeter also forced down to form a depending stilfening flange.

2. In a vapor stove, a burner, a body portion constructed of a single piece of sheet material forced down at its perimeter to form a depending flange, a plurality of struts extending from said burner and se cured to said flange, and a plurality of legs interposed and clamped between said flange and struts.

3. In a vapor stove, a burner, a body portion constructed of a single piece of sheet material forced down at its center to form a drip-pan and primer for said burner and having its. perimeter also forced down to form a depending flange, a plurality of struts extending from said burner and secured to said flange, and a plurality of legs having their upper ends interposed and clamped between said flange and struts.

4-. In a vapor stove, a burner, a body portion formed of a single piece and having a depending flange at its perimeter, a plurality of struts extending from said burner and secured to said flange, and a plurality of legs interposed and secured between saidl flange and struts:

5. In a vapor stove, a frame, supporting legs therefor, a burner, a support for said burner, said support having struts extending to said frame and secured thereto With the legs interposed between said struts and frame and secured by the same fastening means.

6. In a vapor stove, a frame flanged at its outer edge, supporting legs therefor, a burner, a support for said burner, said support having struts extending to said frame drags-together and to the outer flanged edge of said frame.

7 In a vapor stove, a burner, a body portion constructed of'a single piece ofsheet metal forced down at its perimeter to form a depending stiffening flange and having its centralportion integral therewith and also forced down toform an open drip pan and primer for said burner.

GEORGE E. SAVAGE. A

Witnesses:

A. L. STETSON,-

and a single means to secure said struts and E. J. PooLEY.

EDWARD GUTE MANN 

